Project Engineer

Want to help us bring happiness to the world? Want to join an ambitious and fast growing global biscuits and confectionery business investing heavily in iconic global brands, infrastructure and people? Then this is the place for you.

As proud bakers and chocolatiers and custodians of iconic global brands, we don't compromise on the quality of ingredients in our products or on the people we hire. We are looking for entrepreneurial spirits who share our passion for bringing happiness to our consumers and who embody our Winning Traits.

To succeed at pladis you need to be purpose-led , resilient and positive to succeed here because we expect pace and agility , we insist on collaboration and demand accountability. If that is your thing, then pladis offers global ambition, a clear Vision and roadmap for success, challenge, and unrivalled opportunities to learn and make an impact

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What will this role achieve?

• Achieving the pladis ambition requires us to have the agility and responsiveness to service local market needs, and require us to make the best use of our local and global capability and capacity to give us the best possible cost base
• The Supply Chain team is responsible for ensuring we act as "one" to meet demand, drive the opportunities to improve our commonalities, prioritising how we spend capital for the good of the business and enabling effective and efficient local operational management of supply and service.
• As the Project Engineer, you will play a key role within the Project Investment Planning & Implementation Team for the UK & Ireland. You will be accountable for all aspects of delivery of full lifecycle project engineering for capital projects, from concept to delivery.

What will be your key deliverables?

• Lead the delivery of various capital projects throughout the UK ensuring the complexity, cost, time‐constraints are fully understood and handled.
• Continually manage progress to ensure meeting of specific deadlines.
• Responsible for all stages of projects from development through to delivery; including URS creation, tendering and supplier selection, resource, time and cost management, Control of contractors with CDM, Contract management, FAT, SAT and formal handback and project closure
• Manage project development through engineering capability as part of full Lifecycle project delivery in the capability function
• Ensure projects are delivered to a high quality of engineering and technical standard and drive elite specification and standard use throughout the capability team
• Magnificent management of changes to the scope and schedule of the project
• Lead project update meetings, and document project status and issues
• Appraise senior managers of project status, issues and concerns
• Actively pursue issue resolution and communicate project status/issues to business partners and operational management
• Possess a robust knowledge of most technical and business resources and use them to effectively deliver key projects
• Determine the vital supporting documentation for the business to evaluate, prioritise and figure out the cost efficiency of initiatives

Bring your experience

• Minimum of 5 years of professional level job; manufacturing preferred.
• Minimum of 2 years delivering engineering projects in project engineering position.
• Experience within a Blue-Chip Organisation including the ability to positively engage at senior level.
• Hands on user experience of AutoCAD
• Strong engineering thinking.
• BSc/BEng ‐ Degree in Engineering or equivalent combination of education and related work experience (consistent track record)
• Knowledge of Lean techniques is preferred
• Developed strategic problem solver; able to balance short and long-term goals and confident to try new things for the benefit of the business
• Strong engineering leadership skills and customer focus with attention to delivering sustainable results that exceed customer, sponsor and partner expectations
• Proven communication skills – verbal and non-verbal to positively engage, empower and influence an audience
• Natural networker with strong interpersonal skills
• Personal resilience and demonstrates courage in environments which are open to change and challenge
• Willingness to travel within region (50-70%).

Our Purpose

Bring happiness with every bite

It's a purpose that every one of our colleagues, all around the world believes in. And while we're all unique, we also share the same values.

Each of our values is important on its own. In combination they're incredibly powerful.

Our values have deep personal meaning to us. They're part of who we are and what we stand for as an employer

Living our pladis values is a key part of success, look out for questions in your interview that link to these key pladis values.

Our Values

Purpose led – We're energised and guided by our purpose to bring happiness with every bite

Agile – We're ever evolving, we never stand still, always improving for our customers and our consumers

Positive – We're highly motivated optimistic, courageous, and we inspire each other to be better

Resilient - We're persistent in the face of setbacks, quick to adapt, learn and move forward

Collaborative – We gain strength from operating as one pladis, winning and succeeding together.

pladis is an equal opportunities employer, like every great recipe we're a thoughtful mix. A happy and inclusive place to work that's as diverse as our consumers and the communities we support, live and work in, all around the world. Where every voice is heard, and difference is celebrated. Where fresh perspectives and new ideas help us grow and thrive.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform key job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

pladis is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to hiring a diverse workforce. All openings will be filled based on qualifications without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, veteran status, disability, age, religion or any other classification protected by law.

We operate a strict Preferred Supplier List. If you are a recruitment agency and wish to submit candidate to be considered for this vacancy, you must have agreed to, and signed, our terms of business.
We will not accept CVs from any other sources other than those currently on our PSL. We will not pay a fee for any candidate that has not been represented by a provider on our PSL.

About us

p ladis was formed in 2016 and is the proud steward of more than 300 years of family baking and confectionery experience.

A global snacking company, pladis is based in the UK and is home to beloved brands including McVitie's and Ulker. We are also proud to distribute a carefully curated range of GODIVA chocolates exclusively for consumer-packaged goods channels around the world.

pladis also owns regional brands such as Jacob's, go ahead, Carr's, Flipz, BN, Verkade and many more, delighting consumers with a wide range of snacking options including sweet and savoury biscuits, wafer, cake, chocolate, gum and candy.

Our Central Idea; 'We promise happiness to the world with every bite', extends beyond our products. For pladis it also means a genuine care and commitment to providing a happy and equal opportunity workplace for our people.

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